Climate Fiction: A Special Issue
We've known for years about climate change, but only 54% of Americans think it's a "serious issue." That's why, says guest fiction editor Amy Brady, we need to read climate fiction. The post Climate Fiction: A Special Issue appeared first on Guernica.
Photo by Billy Wilson via Flickr. Licensed under CC. Where were you when 2018’s record heat wave gripped the planet? I was camped in Maine’s Acadia National Park, feeling wilted beneath a towering white birch. The air, thick with heat, hurt to breathe. As sweat pooled on my body, I listened for the birds but heard nothing—the woods had been heartbreakingly silent for days. A chipmunk, small and panting, appeared from behind a fern. I poured it some water in the crevice of a nearby boulder, and dismantled my tent. Maine’s summers had changed. Everything has.
